TIME PLAN
A DAY OR TWO BEFORE
✔ Make the salad dressing.
✔ Whizz the turkey butter and prepare the turkey.
✔ Make and wrap the stuffing balls.
✔ Slow-cook the ham and prepare the glaze.
✔ Prep the butternut squash ready for roasting.
✔ Parboil the potatoes and toss them in the polenta mix.
✔ Prepare all the roasted vegetables and toss in the glaze.
✔ Make the sprout gratin.
✔ Prepare the gravy.
✔ Wrap everything up and store in the fridge.
CHRISTMAS DAY
Begin 3 hours before you want to eat. We have calculated the timings to sit down to lunch at 2pm.
✔ In the morning, take the turkey out of the fridge to come to room temperature.
✔ Heat the oven to 180C Fan/Gas 6.
✔ 10.55am Put the turkey (if cooking a 4.5kg turkey) in the oven and set a timer for 30 mins.
✔ Baste and cover the turkey and set a timer for 1 hr 35 mins.
✔ 1pm Add the butternut squash to the oven and set a timer for 10 mins. Take all the other bits out of the fridge to come to room temperature.
✔ 1.10pm Pop the roasted vegetables in and set a timer for 5 mins.
✔ 1.15pm Add the trays of potatoes and stuffing balls, and set a timer for 10 mins.
✔ 1.25pm When the timer goes off, take out the turkey and cover
